Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fire in the Minster
- Stonegate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Guildhall
- George Leeman
- Bootham Bar
- Minster Library
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Retreat
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity